The video generated buzz amid a controversy over the idea of wealth distribution followed by remarks from Sam Pitroda, Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress. Sam Pitroda talked about the absence of an inheritance tax in India and said that there should be more policies that promote wealth redistribution while citing the US inheritance tax according to which a major portion of an individual's wealth is taxed upon inheritance.
"In America, there is an inheritance tax...It says you in your generation made wealth and you are leaving now, you must leave your wealth for the public," Sam Pitroda said.
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What PM Modi said on inheritance tax and the Congress party?
His remarks were criticised by PM Narendra Modi who accused the Congress party of having "dangerous intentions" to seize assets and rights from the people, while addressing an election rally in Chhattisgarh.a
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